Report: Mississippi State losing another defensive assistant

Jon Cooper | 8 years ago

Mississippi State cornerbacks coach Deshea Townsend is headed to the Tennessee Titans to coach the same position, according to ESPN.

I'm hearing @Titans are hiring Steve Jackson and Deshea Townsend will be DB Coaches!!! @3HL1045

— Blaine Hitman Bishop (@bbishop23) January 21, 2016

Credit to @bbishop23 who first caught wind of a Jackson-Townsend pairing for #Titans in defensive backfield coaching. I've confirmed.

— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) January 22, 2016

Townsend would become the second Bulldogs’ defensive coach to leave the program this offseason. The first was defensive coordinator Manny Diaz, who is heading to Miami to join Mark Richt’s staff.

Townsend played 12 seasons in the NFL, and he just finished his third season at Mississippi State. He previously coached in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals in 2011 and 2012.

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